As a lawyer in New Jersey that represents individuals in divorces, restraining orders, child custody issues, criminal law matters and the like, I learned how to argue cases for either side of the case. While I learned this in law school and in private practice, I do have preferences and do have passion for certain cases over others. So while I represent many defendants in restraining order cases, I prefer to represent victims in temporary and final restraining order hearings along with the divorces that come with those matters in New Jersey. While I still have passion to represent defendants i ..read more

As you can imagine as a practicing and experienced divorce lawyer and attorney in New Jersey, I often hear these New Jersey divorce related questions: How much alimony will I get or can ..read more

You can win in New Jersey Family Court, I know it because as a New Jersey ..read more

I write quite a but about temporary restraining orders and domestic violence in New Jersey Family Court because I am a very active attorney for both victims and defendants throughout New ..read more

In the end, what is a lawyer and what is the job of an attorney? It is to lobby his or her client's position or positions so that a judge will agree and sign a court order. And like lobbying, the best salesmen know that you should always be closing or always pushing the client's agenda at the right time.....How do you determine who the best divorce lawyer is? How do you determine Who is the best football coach? The coach that knows every play, every formation, every players speed, every playes stats? or the coach that knows enough or knows it all but also knows how to use the d ..read more

If you have been to family court for a divorce, parenting time, custody, enforcement of court orders, relocation of children, registering a student in a new school district over the object of the other parent and other related issues, you know that some must be heard in the normal course of a motion trime frame (24-40 days) and others that cannot wait that long to be heard as the issue(s) at hand are ripe now and need to be decided now for at least a temporary decision. For example. dad booked a flight to Italy, moknow about it but at the last minute ran to the court to try and stop it. We wer ..read more

In the end, what is a lawyer and what is the job of an attorney? It is to lobby his or her client's position or positions so that a judge will agree and sign a court order. And like lobbying, the best salesmen know that you should always be closing or always pushing the client's agenda at the right time.....How do you determine who the best divorce lawyer is? How do you determine Who is the best football coach? The coach that knows every play, every formation, every players speed, every playes stats? or the coach that knows enough or knows it all but also knows how to use the d ..read more

In the end, what is a lawyer and what is the job of an attorney? It is to lobby his or her client's position or positions so that a judge will agree and sign a court order. And like lobbying, the best salesmen know that you should always be closing or always pushing the client's agenda at the right time.....How do you determine who the best divorce lawyer is? How do you determine Who is the best football coach? The coach that knows every play, every formation, every players speed, every playes stats? or the coach that knows enough or knows it all but also knows how to use the d ..read more

If you have been abused and seek or have obtained a temporary restraining order (TRO) in New Jersey it is critical to have a lawyer present your case in New Jersey Family Court. There are critical elements that must be met in order to secure a final restraining order or to agree to civil restraints in cases where that is possible (FM-Divorce Cases and FD-Custody Cases). Not preparing for your final restraining order correctly or not including the right information on the temporary restraining order can destroy your case and the temporary restraints will be dissolved or lifted (meaning no prote ..read more

When People think about divorce and think what will life be like after divorce? what will you do, how will the kids be? how do I tell the kids? What do I tell the kids? etc. When people come into my law office in Jersey City looking for a divorce attorney in Hudson, Essex or othe counties in New Jersey and/or seek a virtual consultation to discuss a potential divorce or being served divorce papers, they wonder, what are the initial steps in a New Jersey divorce? While I try to bring some levity into the conversation I say, I wish I knew! All joking aside as a New Jersey Divorce Attorney, I go ..read more